Baron Vestey, of Kingswood in the County of Surrey, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom.[1] It was created in 1922 for the shipping magnate Sir William Vestey, 1st Baronet. He was the co-founder of the Blue Star Line. Vestey had already been created a baronet, of Bessémer House in the Metropolitan Borough of Camberwell, in 1913.[2] As of 2021, the titles are held by his great-great-grandson, the fourth Baron, who succeeded his father in 2021. He is the eldest grandson of the Hon. William Vestey (who was killed in action in Italy during the Second World War in 1944), only son of the second Baron. His father, 3rd Baron Vestey served as Master of the Horse from 1999 to 2018.
Sir Edmund Hoyle Vestey, 1st Baronet, co-founder of the Blue Star Line, was the younger brother of the first Baron Vestey.
The family seat is Stowell Park, in the Cotswold Hills, Gloucestershire.
Barons Vestey
- William Vestey, 1st Baron Vestey (1859–1940)
- Samuel Vestey, 2nd Baron Vestey (1882–1954)
- Captain Hon. William Howarth Vestey (1912–1944)
- Samuel George Armstrong Vestey, 3rd Baron Vestey (1941–2021)
- William Guy Armstrong Vestey, 4th Baron Vestey (b. 1983)
The heir apparent is the present holder's son, the Hon. Samuel Oscar Vestey (b. 2018).
See also
References
- ^ "No. 32722". The London Gazette. 23 June 1922. p. 4718.
- ^ "No. 28733". The London Gazette. 1 July 1913. p. 4638.
- Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990.
- Leigh Rayment's Peerage Pages